The life of the spirit is not our life, but the life of God within us. — Teresa of Avila Copy Share Image
The life of prayer is just love to God, and the custom of being ever with Him. — Teresa of Avila Copy Share Image
From heaven even the most miserable life will look like one bad night at an inconvenient hotel. — Teresa of Avila Copy Share Image
“It is quite important to withdraw from all unnecessary cares and business, as far as compatible with the duties of one’s state… — Teresa of Ávila Copy Share Image
Let him never cease from prayer who has once begun it, be his life ever so wicked; for prayer is the way… — Teresa of Avila Copy Share Image
However much we do to avoid them, we shall never lack crosses in this life if we are in the ranks of… — Teresa of Avila Copy Share Image
What a miserable life is this! There is no happiness that is secure and nothing that does not change. — Teresa of Avila Copy Share Image
What misery to live in this world! We are like men whose enemies are at the door, who must not lay aside… — Teresa of Avila Copy Share Image
We bloomed in Spring. Our bodies are the leaves of God. The apparent seasons of life and death our eyes can suffer;… — Teresa of Avila Copy Share Image
Those seeking the life of the spirit should be cheerful and free, and not neglect recreation. Married people must act in conformity… — Teresa of Avila Copy Share Image
Let him never cease from prayer, who has once begun to pray, even though his life is ever so bad. For prayer… — Teresa of Avila Copy Share Image
“Of the good things they do many will pass unnoticed, or will even not be considered good at all; but they need not fear… — Teresa of Ávila Copy Share Image
I made you, dear, and all I make is perfect. Please come close, for I desire you. — Teresa of Avila Copy Share Image
How often I failed in my duty to God, because I was not leaning on the strong pillar of prayer. — Teresa of Avila Copy Share Image
Half-instructed confessors have done my soul great harm; for I could not always have such learned ones as I would have desired. They certainly… — Teresa of Avila Copy Share Image
“you will never lack so much of the water of comfort that your thirst will be intolerable;” — Teresa of Ávila Copy Share Image
Do you know when people really become spiritual? It is when they become the slaves of God and are branded with His sign, which… — Teresa of Avila Copy Share Image
How friendly we should all be with one another if nobody were interested in money and honor. — Teresa of Avila Copy Share Image
“an unrestrained infatuation with ecstasy and other extraordinary phenomena developed. These experiences were thought of as something to be obtained at all costs. Among… — Teresa of Ávila Copy Share Image
“The Lord has no body now on earth but yours, no hands now but yours, no feet now but yours. Yours are the eyes… — Teresa of Ávila Copy Share Image
Our greatest gain is to lose the wealth that is of such brief duration and, by comparison with eternal things, of such little worth;… — Teresa of Avila Copy Share Image
